We are happy to announce the publication of a white paper, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities's Office of Digital Humanities, that proposes the first archival methodology for computer games in a research setting. It is a collaboration between UCSC Center for Games & Playable Media, the UC Santa Cruz Library, and Stanford University Libraries.

The Academic Senate of the University of California adopted an Open Access Policy on July 24, 2013, ensuring that future research articles authored by faculty at all 10 campuses of UC will be made available to the public at no charge.

The ILL Request system will be unavailable due to a technology upgrade on January 3, 2015 from approximately midnight to 3 pm. Interlibrary Loan requests cannot be placed during this time and My ILL Requests cannot be accessed. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Welcome to UCSC! Meet our Roving Information Program students (easy to spot in their Slug yellow vests) at the Welcome Kiosk just inside the library entrance and take a tour of McHenry Library. Points of interest include the Global Village Café, the Information Commons, group study rooms, and much more! We are also offering tours of the Science & Engineering Library. Please see the schedule below for specifics.

You will also learn about the library’s services and collections, such as borrowing course textbooks, the Media Center, and the video game room. While you're there, remember to activate your library card (it's your UCSC student ID)! Tours run approximately 20–30 minutes.

A new exhibition titled “Outlaw Publishers: Selected San Francisco Literary Presses, 1945–1968” recently opened in Special Collections and Archives at McHenry Library. This exhibit traces the genesis of San Francisco’s alternative print culture from its roots in a World War II Civilian Public Service Camp in Waldport, Oregon, to its convergence with the San Francisco literary renaissance of the 1950s and 1960s. Printed works from Untide Press, White Rabbit Press, Centaur Press, The Auerhahn Press, and Wallace Berman’s Semina demonstrate cutting-edge developments in the fields of book arts, typographic design, illustration, and literature.

If you are off-campus, don't forget to log into OCA (Off-Campus Access) before accessing the content of these journals. These journals are licensed for off-campus use only by...

The California Digital Library has successfully negotiated favorable pricing for several new online subscriptions, including Scientific American and all six Nature Reviews journals.

Scientific American is the world’s premier magazine of scientific discovery and technological innovation for the general public. Readers turn to it for a deep understanding of how science and technology can influence human affairs and illuminate the natural world. In every issue, leading scientists, inventors and engineers from diverse fields describe their ideas and achievements in clear and accessible prose; the work of select journalists rounds out the offerings. The graphics are rich in content and visual style.